Five in AF Crew Presumed Dead

Five In AF Crew Presumed Dead
Wreckage Scattered On Garrett County Hillside

The eight-engine Air Force jet bomber which crashed early today in the rugged mountainous section of Garrett County near the southeastern edge of Savage River State Park was carrying a crew of five men.

The huge craft crashed in a driving snow storm while enroute from west over Air Base, Mass., to Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Ga.

While security cover was placed on news from the area the Evening Times learned this afternoon through an informed source that the wreckage cut a swath 1,000 yards long across the side of the west slope of Big Savage.

Last Contact At 1:40 A. M.
A spokesman at Eighth Air Force Headquarters said the last radar contact was made at Washington Center about 1:40 a.m. The plane, according to residents of the Garrett County section, apparently exploded in flight around 2 a.m.

Lt. Col. Neill Williams, information officer at Westover, said the eight-engine jet took off from the western Massachusetts field at 12:28 a. m. enroute for Turner AFB.

Lt. Col. Williams said the plane was scheduled to arrive at the Georgia Air Base at 3:15 a. m.

A ground inspection team from Andrews Air Force Base in Washington was reported enroute to Cumberland and the scene of the crash.

Top Personnel Enroute
Lt. Cmdr. Edwin E. Zendler of the local Naval Reserve Training Center advised State Police that five tactical vehicles, equipped with two-way radios, were at the local center and available to the military officials.

Maryland State Police in LaVale earlier were advised by teletype that “top military personnel are enroute to crash scene.”

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Five In AF Crew Presumed Dead
Wreckage Scattered On Garrett County Hillside

The eight-engine Air Force jet bomber which crashed early today in the rugged mountainous section of Garrett County near the southeastern edge of Savage River State Park was carrying a crew of five men.

The huge craft crashed in a driving snow storm while enroute from west over Air Base, Mass., to Turner Air Force Base in Albany, Ga.

While security cover was placed on news from the area the Evening Times learned this afternoon through an informed source that the wreckage cut a swath 1,000 yards long across the side of the west slope of Big Savage.

Last Contact At 1:40 A. M.
A spokesman at Eighth Air Force Headquarters said the last radar contact was made at Washington Center about 1:40 a.m. The plane, according to residents of the Garrett County section, apparently exploded in flight around 2 a.m.

Lt. Col. Neill Williams, information officer at Westover, said the eight-engine jet took off from the western Massachusetts field at 12:28 a. m. enroute for Turner AFB.

Lt. Col. Williams said the plane was scheduled to arrive at the Georgia Air Base at 3:15 a. m.

A ground inspection team from Andrews Air Force Base in Washington was reported enroute to Cumberland and the scene of the crash.

Top Personnel Enroute
Lt. Cmdr. Edwin E. Zendler of the local Naval Reserve Training Center advised State Police that five tactical vehicles, equipped with two-way radios, were at the local center and available to the military officials.

Maryland State Police in LaVale earlier were advised by teletype that “top military personnel are enroute to crash scene.”